New statistics reveal the number of abortions performed in New Zealand rose slightly last year
New statistics reveal the number of abortions performed in New Zealand rose slightly last year
19 June 2018
Stats NZ says there were 462 more induced abortions than in 2016.
That's a total of 13-thousand-285 abortions last year - compared with 12-thousand-823 in 2016.
54 percent of all abortions were for women aged in their 20s.
And the median age of women having an abortion in 2017 was 27 years - up from around 24 years, 10 years earlier.
However, the overall number of abortions has been generally decreasing since 2003.
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